Word: wave
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Wallace expressed his faith in the "purifying effect of American democracy" to wash away press and political distortions of the present hysteria wave, which he likened to the days of A. Mitchell Palmer's Red Scare. "The truth eventually comes out," he said...
...Physics. Astronomy 4, 5, and 6 are designed as service courses for science majors as well as Astronomy concentrees, because they represent the practical application of the various science theories. Astronomy 5, for instance, is frequently elected by Physics majors because of its particular emphasis on atomic theory and wave mechanics...
Many sharp intelligences have worked on this problem of bringing a great industry awake to its possibilities. Among them is Charles Sieppmann. In his book, "Radio's Second Chance," he reminds us that following the wild wave length-pirating days of the 1920's the air was, at the request of the exhausted stations, declared public domain, and licensing made a function of the Federal Communications Commission. This means that the American people are "sleeping partners in the great enterprise of radio" and that through the judicious granting of licenses to the new Frequency Modulation stations the FCC can force...
Just when it looked as if the danger of flu was safely over, an epidemic struck. Last week the U.S. was in the grip of an unseasonable wave of influenza. Starting early in March, two months after the usual seasonal peak for the disease, the epidemic had risen to some 50,000 cases a week, was still going strong...
...cities have changed even more. For the first time in Texas history, urban population had become bigger than the rural. Biggest change-and growth-is in Houston, smack in the middle of the chemical wave that has swamped the whole Gulf Coast. Before the war, greater Houston was already the crowded center of oilfields and refineries. War brought it 20% of the nation's synthetic-rubber plants and 145 major chemical plants. Postwar expansion completed the jam, with scores of new installations. Now, the skeletons of new skyscrapers fill the skyline...